Mental Health Awareness Week felt like a good moment to pause for a second while we get ready to launch Hotel Architect on May 14th.
Over the past few weeks, we’ve been talking a lot about “check-in”. Checking guests in. Checking rooms are ready. Checking if Rita on reception has finally gone home after a very long night shift, and embarrassing accident in room 103!
But this week, we wanted to use that message a little differently.
Because while check-in for Hotel Architect is only days away, you can check-in with your mental health right now.
Watch the Hotel Architect Safe In Our World Retreat trailer:
Making games is exciting, stressful, chaotic, rewarding and exhausting all at once, and we know for a lot of people, games themselves can become a bit of a safe space when life gets noisy. Sometimes you play to switch off after work, sometimes you play because your brain just needs a break for an hour, and sometimes it’s simply nice to exist somewhere a little calmer for a while.
So this week, the team decided to build what we think might be the world’s most relaxing hotel inside Hotel Architect. Big comfy lounges, quiet corners, greenery everywhere, good food, soft lighting, probably an overpriced spa treatment nobody can actually afford, but overall, just a peaceful little retreat our guests could escape to for a while.
It’s just a fun in-game idea, but it comes from a genuine place and it’s our way of showing support for our friends at the video games mental health charity Safe In Our World and the important work they do across games and the wider industry.
And while we’re talking about it, it’s probably worth saying this too: If things have been difficult lately, if you’re struggling a bit, feeling burnt out, anxious, isolated, or just not really yourself, please remember there are people out there who want to help. Friends, family, communities, charities and professionals, even just having an honest chat with somebody you trust can make a massive difference.
Look after yourselves this week, and maybe check in on somebody else too.
The Hotel Architect Team 💜